A mother of seven,
Ayesha Ciisa, 33,
arrived at Borama
Regional Hospital in
Somaliland near death
after delivering one
of two twins at home.
She came to the hos­
pital by auto­rickshaw
when the second baby
could not be delivered
in her village. Despite
Ciisa’s severe bleeding,
doctors were able to
save her with a transfu­
sion. The second baby
was stillborn.
134 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC